Energy determination of extensive air showers through the fluorescence technique

Physical Review D - Particles, Fields, Gravitation and Cosmology

Volumn 67, Issue 10, 2003, Pages

  Alvarez Muniz J ^a   Marques E ^a   Vazquez R A ^a   Zas, E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SANTIAGO DE COMPOSTELA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; AIR SHOWER; ANALYTICAL ERROR; ARTICLE; COSMOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; ELEMENTARY PARTICLE; ENERGY; FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 0038337159     PISSN: 15507998     EISSN: 15502368     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1103/PhysRevD.67.101303     Document Type: Article

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